James Jones Looks to Duplicate '12 Successes

James Jones Looks to Duplicate '12 Successes

James
Jones is entering his 7th year in the league. By that point, a lot of veterans
dread training camp and just "go thru the motions".... not James
Jones.

"I
approach it like a rookie. I tell myself I'm a rookie, I gotta go out there and
grind like a rookie. So I still feel young, I do feel like I'm one of the
leaders on this team, I do feel like I have to step into that role, but still
feel young, just going out there having fun, making sure I teach and help the
young guys."

Help
the young guys - another thing you don't see often. Jones looks at the incoming
players not as competition but as assets to the team.

"The
balls still going to get spread around. We still got a great offensive unit, there's
really no #1, #2, #3 receiver. Me, Randall and Jordy, Boykin, Jeremy - we all got opportunities to have a great year."

"James
Jones and my son were friends coming out of college. One went to San Jose State,
the other went to Stanford and I was coaching at the time so I scouted James
when he was coming out. So I knew about
him and he's always been a very self-less player," former Packer receiver and Hall
of Famer James Lofton said.

Last
year Jones quietly lead the league in touchdown receptions with 14. Quietly...
his name was rarely uttered in the national media.

"When
you think about the receivers in this league, that's a big task and he was able
to do that and have a lot of success last year. I don't know why he doesn't get
the respect, but I think that's something that fuels him and drives him,"
Randall Cobb said.

Jones
recorded 784 yards last season, averaging 12. 3 yards a catch. The most amazing
stat --- Jones had 64 receptions -- so he was scoring on about 1 of every 4
catches.

"The
catches I came up with last year - it's going to be tough to put an encore on,
but I am ready. And yeah man, right now
confidence is sky high, I feel like I can really make any play when the balls
coming my way," Jones said.